Super Mario World Beta

**ThirdMarioBro** · 12-14-2006, 04:41 AM

Soooo....this is worth its own thread. Here's some screenshots of the beta version of Super Mario World from........1989! If you remember, Miyamoto claimed many times that Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World were in development at the same time, and thus share many elements. It was also said that Super Mario World was in development for two years. The SNES hardware was not finalized until under a year before launch in Japan.

Well, apprently Nintendo intended to keep the NES alive much longer than we even thought. Good thing Sega kicked their lazy asses into gear. As you'll see, Twilight Princess isn't the first launch title to begin its life on a dying console, then get ported up to usher in a new machine. Take a look....

You'll notice how the Super Mario Advance 2 title screen resembles this...

What in the flying fu*k? Look at Mario's ass, then look at the item reserve box.....yeah.

This isn't that pirate Famicom SMW rom that came out around 1994. This is the original Super Mario World beta that was built on the NES using the graphics accelerator chip in SMB3, then ported up, tweaked, heavily altered, then layered with some basic Mode 7 effects to show off the console. Even with these shots though, most of the basic elements were there.

Isn't stuff like this creepy?

12-14-2006, 04:41 AM	#1
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	Super Mario World Beta Soooo....this is worth its own thread. Here's some screenshots of the beta version of Super Mario World from........1989! If you remember, Miyamoto claimed many times that Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World were in development at the same time, and thus share many elements. It was also said that Super Mario World was in development for two years. The SNES hardware was not finalized until under a year before launch in Japan. Well, apprently Nintendo intended to keep the NES alive much longer than we even thought. Good thing Sega kicked their lazy asses into gear. As you'll see, Twilight Princess isn't the first launch title to begin its life on a dying console, then get ported up to usher in a new machine. Take a look.... You'll notice how the Super Mario Advance 2 title screen resembles this... What in the flying fu*k? Look at Mario's ass, then look at the item reserve box.....yeah. This isn't that pirate Famicom SMW rom that came out around 1994. This is the original Super Mario World beta that was built on the NES using the graphics accelerator chip in SMB3, then ported up, tweaked, heavily altered, then layered with some basic Mode 7 effects to show off the console. Even with these shots though, most of the basic elements were there. Isn't stuff like this creepy? __________________